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McCain Foods launches aggressive regenerative ag strategy

By Jennifer Blair June 29, 2021

Global french fry giant will work with its potato growers to adopt regenerative ag practices over the next decade

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The highlighted spot in this 2017 aerial photo shows the area of expansion at McCain’s potato processing plant at Florenceville, N.B. (CNW Group/McCain Foods)

Crops, Potatoes

McCain to dial up fry production in New Brunswick

By GFM Staff September 9, 2019

The company behind about a quarter of the world’s frozen French fries plans to ramp up demand from New Brunswick potato growers with a line capacity upgrade at its recently expanded plant there. McCain Foods announced Aug. 27 it will put up another $12 million to add capacity to its Florenceville, N.B. plant’s French fry […] Read more

Seed potatoes loaded for planting. (File photo by Ralph Pearce)

Crops, Potatoes, Weather

Prairie potato planting slightly behind schedule

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm April 30, 2018

CNS Canada — After a delayed start due to the long winter and spring flooding, western Canadian potato growers are out in the fields. “We’re probably only a couple of days behind… we had farmers out on the fields last week and I think quite a few more will be moving along this week,” said […] Read more

Livestock

Dr. Oetker to shut New Brunswick pizza plant

By Alberta Farmer Staff January 30, 2018

In a bid to “restructure” its Canadian frozen pizza business, Dr. Oetker plans to shut its New Brunswick processing plant at the end of May. The German food firm announced Tuesday it will close the former McCain Foods frozen pizza plant it leases and operates at Grand Falls, about 180 km northwest of Fredericton. The […] Read more

Officials break ground for Cavendish Farms’ new potatp plant at Lethbridge on Sept. 18. (Alberta.ca)

Crops, Potatoes

Alberta, feds back Lethbridge potato processing plant

By Alberta Farmer Staff September 18, 2017

The federal and Alberta governments are set to cover over $22 million in costs related to the construction of Cavendish Farms’ new potato processing plant at Lethbridge. The two levels of government on Monday announced $20 million for the City of Lethbridge for related municipal infrastructure developments, through the federal/provincial Clean Water and Wastewater Fund […] Read more

Crops, Potatoes

McCain french fry plant gets public funds for upgrades

By Alberta Farmer Staff December 30, 2015

CORRECTED, Jan. 13, 2016: The Manitoba and federal governments are dipping into an agribusiness support fund to cover half the cost of equipment upgrades for McCain Foods’ french fry plant in the province’s southwest. Federal Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay and provincial Agriculture Minister Ron Kostyshyn on Wednesday announced $380,000 from the Growing Value program for […] Read more

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McCain Foods launches aggressive regenerative ag strategy

McCain to dial up fry production in New Brunswick

Prairie potato planting slightly behind schedule

Dr. Oetker to shut New Brunswick pizza plant

Alberta, feds back Lethbridge potato processing plant

McCain french fry plant gets public funds for upgrades

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